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…Dropbox. Its founder, Drew Houston, wasn’t innately “passionate” about virtual storage. Nobody was. But he did find immense purpose in keeping up with his MIT friends, who were founding one successful company after another.

Harvard Researchers Prove High Achievers Crave Purpose, Not Passion
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·Nov 10, 2020

So, he was craving for the status associated with being a successful founder? That sounds a lot like passion to me rather than a purpose.

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Trying to improve the chaos called work - one article at a time. Blogging on Medium and on my blog chaosverbesserer.de.

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